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Former Kinks bassist Pete Quaife dies
Former Kinks bassist Pete Quaife has passed away aged 66, it has been confirmed.
It is not clear how he died, but the star been undergoing kidney dialysis for over a decade.
The musician played on the band's earlier hits including You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night and Dedicated Follower of Fashion.
A co-founder of the group, Quaife played with them for five years before leaving in 1969.
He had been quoted as saying how unhappy he was during his time in the Kinks, not least because of the fractious relationship between brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
But he also proudly recalled his work on the band's landmark Village Green Preservation Society album.
"Making that album was the high point of my career," he told Jukebox magazine in 2006.
"For me it represents the only real album made by the Kinks... in which we all contributed something."
After leaving in 1969, Quaife was replaced by John Dalton, who had previously filled in for him when he broke his leg in a car accident.
Several months after quitting, he formed another band, called Mapleoak, but it failed to match the success of the Kinks.
He teamed up with his former bandmates for a one-off concert in Canada in 1981, but a much-vaunted renunion never came to fruition.
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Gregg Allman Undergoes Liver Transplant Surgery
Singer, who suffers from Hepatitis C, expected to make full recovery
http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/06/24/gregg-allman-has-successful-liver-transplant-surgery/
Allman Brothers Band cofounder Gregg Allman underwent successful liver transplant surgery June 23, forcing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band to cancel its performance at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival at Chicago's Toyota Park on Saturday. The Derek Trucks Band replaced the Allmans on the lineup, which also included Jeff Beck, John Mayer, B.B. King and Buddy Guy.
Allman is being treated at Jacksonville, Florida's Mayo Clinic after battling Hepatitis C for several years. In 2007, the singer was advised that the damage to his liver was severe enough to necessitate a transplant, and he went on a wait list for the organ. "I changed my ways years ago, but we can't turn back time," he said in a statement. "Every day is a gift, and I can't wait to get back on the road making music with my friends."
Adding that he hopes to make a speedy recovery, Allman said, "I feel pretty good, considering everything that's happened." Doctors notified Allman that an appropriate liver had been donated and the surgery was quickly scheduled. "All I can really say is 'thanks,' " Allman said.
While the Crossroads date is definitely off, the status of Allman's two solo shows plotted for late September is currently unknown.
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No Beach Boys Reunion In The Pipe
LOS ANGELES -- Beach Boy Mike Love has put the kibosh on recent rumors that a Beach Boys reunion tour was in the offing. The rumors appear to have been sparked by an article in the Las Vegas Sun that claimed that Love and former member Brian Wilson were discussing a possible reunion tour and future recording projects together. Well, its not true, says Love.
In a statement, Love said:
“The Beach Boys continue to tour approximately 150 shows a year in multiple countries. At this time there are no plans for my cousin Brian to rejoin the tour. He has new solo projects on the horizon and I wish him love and success. We have had some discussions of writing and possibly recording together, but nothing has been planned. I, as I’m sure he is, am proud and honored that The Beach Boys music has endured these 50 years, but felt the need to clarify that there are no current 'reunion' tour plans.”
Love is the only original member of the group currently touring with the band.
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John Lennon Strips Down For His 70th
by Paul Cashmere
John Lennon will receive a complete make-over for his 70th birthday including reissues of his classic albums plus a brand new “stripped down” version of the `Double Fantasy` album.
‘Double Fantasy Stripped Down’ mirrors the adjustments made to The Beatles ‘Let It Be … Naked’ with the Phil Spector strings were taken off the album for its reissue.
“Double Fantasy Stripped Down really allows us to focus our attention on John’s amazing vocals,” says John’s wife Yoko Ono in a statement. “Technology has advanced so much that, conversely, I wanted to use new techniques to really frame these amazing songs and John's voice as simply as possible. By stripping down some of the instrumentation the power of the songs shines through with an enhanced clarity. Double Fantasy Stripped Down will be complemented by the original album in the 2CD format. It was whilst working on the new version of this album that I was hit hardest emotionally, as this was the last album John released before his passing."
John Lennon would have been 70 on 9 October 2010.
“In this very special year, which would have seen my husband and life partner John reach the age of 70, I hope that this remastering / reissue programme will help bring his incredible music to a whole new audience. By remastering 121 tracks spanning his solo career, I hope also that those who are already familiar with John’s work will find renewed inspiration from his incredible gifts as a songwriter, musician and vocalist and from his power as a commentator on the human condition. His lyrics are as relevant today as they were when they were first written and I can think of no more apposite title for this campaign than those simple yet direct words 'Gimme Some Truth'.”
The albums due for reissue are:
• John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
• Imagine (1971)
• Some Time In New York City (1972)
• Mind Games (1973)
• Walls and Bridges (1974)
• Rock ‘n’ Roll (1975)
• Double Fantasy Stripped Down (2010) / Double Fantasy (1980)
• Milk and Honey (1984)
Also, a new 15-track compilation ‘Power To The People: The Hits’, a 4CD box-set ‘Gimme Some Truth’ and the 11CD ‘The John Lennon Signature Box’ will also be released.
‘The John Lennon Signature Box’ will include John’s eight albums, a disc of rare and previously unreleased material and an EP on non-album singles.
The albums will be released on John’s birthdate, October 9.
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Paul McCartney Says Nowhere Boy Is Not Accurate
Sir Paul McCartney has commented that many movies about The Beatles including the recent Nowhere Boy are not accurate.
The legendary musician who was joined in the band by Ringo Starr, and the late John Lennon and George Harrison - insists many pieces about the Fab Four are inaccurate and misleading to fans.
Speaking about two dramas Nowhere Boy and Lennon Naked - Paul said: "It's a great tribute that whatever we did is so lasting and people can still make films about The Beatles which can still be successful. For me, though, they're not true and that's the unfortunate thing about them. John never punched me out like he does in Nowhere Boy , but my character is kind of cool in the film so I don't mind being punched out. I told the film director Sam (Taylor-Wood) all of that but she said, 'Yeah. But Paul, it's just a film.
Another rumour Paul has quashed is that he told John not to pose naked on the cover of his and Yoko Ono s 1968 album Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins .
He said: "It's like the rumour I told John off for posing nude for the Two Virgins cover as in Lennon Naked . I never told him that - that's another legend. What John and Yoko did was always up to them."
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Elton John, Leon Russell, T-Bone Burnett in "Union" for October 19 Album
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Thanks to Dave Basner for these news stories....
A VAN HALEN ALBUM ON THE WAY?
Could Van Halen be working on a new album? The folks at MelodicRock.com reached out to what they’re calling a very credible source close to the band who told them that the guys are “working towards finishing recording” a new studio album with singer David Lee Roth. The insider revealed that the record would come out during the first half of 2011 but the first single should be out before the end of this year. The source added that the relationship between Eddie Van Halen and David “remains as complex as ever” but everyone wants to get a new CD on shelves. Read more at MelodicRock.com.
• If the guys are working on an album, it will be the band’s first with David Lee Roth since 1984’s 1984. It would also be the first with Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, on bass.
DEE SNIDER REALITY SHOW DEBUTS THIS MONTH
Growing Up Twisted, the new reality show about Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider and his family, will premiere this month. The seven-episode series, which follows the oddball daily pursuits of the Sniders, debuts with two back-to-back half-hour episodes at 10 PM Eastern on July 27th on A&E.
ALICE COOPER DISCUSSES NEXT ALBUM
Alice Cooper is talking more about the record he’s working on. The shock rocker spoke to the media at a press conference in France and revealed that the new CD will be a sequel, or “shriekquel” as he calls it, to his 1975 solo debut Welcome to My Nightmare. It’s tentatively titled Welcome 2 My Nightmare and he’s already got three songs done for it. The concept album will be about another nightmare, far worse than the first one, and the sound of the effort captures the ‘70s era without recreating it. Learn more at RadioMetal.com.
STEVEN TYLER LIKES TO MAKE UP
Anyone who was nervous that Aerosmith are still on rocky ground after nearly parting ways with singer Steven Tyler should read what the rocker had to say in a new story in Billboard magazine. In the latest issue, Tyler explained, “The f**k yous run deep in a band like Aerosmith and the best part about it is the make-up. We live to be on stage with each other and play – because we don’t really know what else to do.” The group is currently touring on their Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock Tour and, as Steven said, “just kicking ass and taking names every night.” Read more at Billboard.com.
HOW BACHMAN AND TURNER KEEP THEIR MUSIC CLASSIC
Bachman Turner Overdrive’s Randy Bachman and Fred Turner have reunited and are now touring as Bachman and Turner. The pair is also set to release a new album on September 7th and they promise that it’ll sound just like their old stuff. Randy Bachman gave us more details on the set.
(Cut #1) “Well you’ll never hear this on the album (plays guitar). There’s none of this hammer-on, pull-off stuff. I did it all like Clapton, Hendrix kind of, late ‘60s to mid ‘70s blues licks, where there wasn’t any Eddie Van Halen or Steve Vai pyrotechnics, they just don’t fit in those songs, they fit in their own kinds of songs and I’m not putting it down, it’s a great way of guitar playing, but to get this album as, what do you want to call it, period piece, it’s like doing a period thing on stage you need the right costumes, well we had the right old guitars.”
Tomorrow night, Bachman and Turner will play Prince Edward Island, Canada. Get all their dates and learn more about the CD at BachmanAndTurner.com.
THIN LIZZY WORKING ON DELUXE REISSUES
Thin Lizzy are preparing deluxe versions of some of their classic albums. Axeman Scott Gorham told England’s Guitarist magazine that he’s been in touch with Universal about creating sets that include original remastered records along with a second disc of either remixed tracks or “tracks cherry-picked off for that treatment.” Scott plans to work on the CDs now so the group can get them out “as soon as possible.” Read more at MusicRadar.com.
THE BLACK CROWES TO GO ACOUSTIC
During their career, The Black Crowes have created many a hit song and now, acoustic versions of some of the greatest tunes in their catalog will be released on a new album called Croweology. The double-disc set will hit shelves on August 3rd and soon after, the band will hit the road on their Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys tour. During that trek, the guys will play three-hour sets, half acoustic, half-electric. Learn more about the CD and the trek atBlackCrowes.com.
NEW ELVIS PHOTOS UNCOVERED
New pictures of Elvis Presley have been uncovered. The three rare shots were found as archivists pored through a vast collection of documents from the Graceland office of Vernon Presley, Elvis’ dad. The never-before-published pictures, which were taken in 1957, show a 22-year-old Elvis meeting with his fans at the estate’s gates. The photos are on display at Graceland but you can see them online now at News.Yahoo.com.
• DIRECT LINK:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_en_ot/us_elvis_new_photos
OUT THIS WEEK
Tuesday, June 29th
Rush – Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage [DVD]
The Doors – When You’re Strange: A Film about The Doors [DVD]
John Fogerty – Centerfield: 25th Anniversary Edition
Black Sabbath – Classic Albums: Paranoid [DVD]
JIMMY PAGE SUED FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
A folk singer is suing Jimmy Page, alleging that the Led Zeppelin guitarist stole one of his songs for the band’s 1969 classic “Dazed and Confused.” In a federal lawsuit, folk singer Jake Holmes claims that in 1967, he got a copyright for his tune, “Dazed and Confused,” two years before Zep recorded their song by the same name, which also sounds very similar to Jake’s version. Unfortunately for Holmes, even if a court agrees that Zep stole from him, he can only sue for damages from the last three years due to a statue of limitations. TMZ.com has posted the two tracks so you can compare how similar they are.
• DIRECT LINK:
http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/29/led-zeppelin-dazed-and-confused-jimmy-page-lawsuit-jake-holmes/
• This isn’t the first time Zep has been influenced by other artists. Check out this YouTube video of similarities between some of the band’s other songs and those from other artists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiiY4ciKFQA
MELLENCAMP RELEASES NEW SINGLE
John Mellencamp’s latest album, No Better Than This, comes out on August 17th, but this week, the singer released the first single from the set. It’s the title track and you can hear it now at Mellencamp.com. As for the video to the track, it’ll include footage from the It’s About You documentary that chronicles the making of John’s latest album and it’ll be out in a few weeks. Learn more at Mellencamp.com.
OZZY TALKS ABOUT ALBUM PRODUCTION
Ozzy Osbourne’s latest record, Scream, has debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. While the Prince of Darkness takes some credit for the CD’s success, he also feels the album’s producer, Kevin Churko, deserves some recognition.
(Cut #1) “He was very instrumental in this album coming together in respect that I didn’t know how I could do it clean and sober. He helped me through a lot of me thinking I can’t do it without smoking a doobie before I go in there.”
Ozzy went on to explain how long it took to create the record.
(Cut #2) “We worked on it for 18 months but it wasn’t 18 months straight, we took breaks along the way. It was a good process.”
Get all the rocker’s dates now at Ozzy.com.
SPRINGSTEEN’S DVD DOES WELL
London Calling: Live in Hyde Park, the new concert film from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, has debuted at number one. The DVD topped the charts in America, the U-K, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Austria and France. It includes the band’s June 2009 show at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London and if you haven’t gotten your copy yet, you can catch a clip from it at Pitchfork.com now.
VAN ZANDT TALKS DARKNESS REISSUE
Bruce Springsteen is preparing a deluxe version of his 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town and E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt has revealed what the set might hold. The rocker told an English radio station that there will be at least ten outtakes on the reissue, which is due out in time for the holidays. Steven added that there will also be new vocal overdubs on old material, like the Rolling Stones did on their Exile on Main Street reissue. There’s no word yet if the re-rerelease will include a bonus concert film like the live footage that came with the 2005 Born to Run reissue.
BUFFETT’S GULF COAST SHOW POSTPONED
The Jimmy Buffett concert that was scheduled for tonight on Alabama’s coast has been postponed. With the high surf being kicked up due to Hurricane Alex, the show had to be moved until July 11th. That’s bad news for the state, which was hoping the gig would boost the tourism industry during the July 4th weekend.
NEIL YOUNG TO FOCUS TOUR ON GULF
Neil Young will be hitting the road soon for the third U-S leg of his Twisted Road solo tour and he’s announced that the latest part of the trek will concentrate on areas of the country affected by the BP oil spill. While so far, the only date announced is a September 23rd show in Hollywood, Florida, Neil’s website says other gigs in Florida and on the Gulf Coast will be revealed soon. In the meantime, the singer kicks off a three-week tour of the Western United States and Canada on July 11th in Oakland. Learn more atNeilYoung.com.
SEE RINGO’S DRUM AT NYC’S MET
On July 7th, Ringo Starr turns 70 years old and to mark the occasion, starting on that day, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will display the ex-Beatle’s gold-plated snare drum. According to the New York Post, the instrument was given to Ringo by the Ludwig Drum Company during the Fab Four’s 1964 U-S tour as a thank you for popularizing the company’s name. The drum will be on display through December.
RUSH GET STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
On Friday, Rush received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan was on hand to induct the musicians. Both singer Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson accepted the honor. Drummer Neil Peart was not in attendance because he was riding his motorcycle to Albuquerque for the band’s show there tonight. CNN.com has a full report on the induction.
• DIRECT LINK:
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/showbiz/2010/06/25/rush.gets.hollywood.star.cnn
BAD COMPANY TO TOUR IN AMERICA
Bad Company are set to hit the road once again in North America. Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs will kick off the trek on July 16th in Indio, California then cross the country playing a dozen dates before winding down in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Each show will be recorded and CDs of the night’s performance will be sold onsite at each venue. More dates will be added soon but you can see all the announced shows at BadCompany.com.
LENNON’S CARTOON SELLS FOR 56-GRAND
Back in 1969 while John Lennon and Yoko Ono were amidst their bed-in protest in Montreal, the Beatle great drew a cartoon. Well this week, that cartoon sold for over 56-thousand dollars. The sketch was part of a memorabilia auction at Christie’s in London which also saw the sale of a Gibson SG guitar Pete Townshend played on a 1971 tour. According to BBC News, that instrument went for over 74-grand.
FORMER KISS MANAGER BILL AUCOIN DIES
Bill Aucoin, the man who discovered Kiss and managed them for nine years, has died due to complications from cancer. Aucoin also managed Billy Idol in the early ‘80s and set up a merchandising company which sold Kiss fan products.
MEAT LOAF ON CELEBRITY APPRENTICE?
Could Meat Loaf appear in the next season of Celebrity Apprentice? After seeing the success of fellow rocker and this past season’s winner, Bret Michaels, Meat is considering the gig. Sources told the New York Post that the singer is planning to move to New York City before the end of the summer.
KEITH RICHARDS’ DAUGHTER TO GET NAKED
Keith Richards daughter Alexandra will appear naked in a series of pictures in French Playboy. The 23-year-old blond model and DJ is also the offspring of ‘70s supermodel Patti Hansen.
• As a teen, Alexandra dated James Jagger, Mick Jagger’s son.
YES REFLECT ON GIANT 1976 SHOW WITH FRAMPTON
Yes and Peter Frampton are out on the road touring together, but it’s not the first time the rockers have shared the same stage. Back in 1976, the pair played a massive show at Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium and Yes guitarist Steve Howe filled us in on that concert.
(Cut #2) “That really was a stand out gig and, you know, I can still remember the size of it, my eyes trying to kind of accept or recognize or remember just the scale of the gig, it was just so huge. And, you know, they were talking 90-thousand people were coming, but maybe 120 (thousand) came and, you know, they burned seats and things to keep warm and it was an epic night, but, you know, it sort of confused me just because of the scale and the intensity – very intense.”
Get all the band’s dates at YesWorld.com.
DOORS DOCUMENTARY OUT ON DVD NOW
If you’ve always wanted to learn about how The Doors came to be and haven’t yet seen When You’re Strange, the documentary about the band, you’re in luck! The film is out on DVD. Using historic and previously unseen footage of The Doors, the movie explores the group’s beginnings, their rise in popularity and the death of singer Jim Morrison. It’s narrated by Johnny Depp and it’s out now.
SANTANA TALKS ABOUT NEW ALBUM
Carlos Santana is talking about his next album, an all-star collaboration on classic rock covers. The guitarist told Billboard that he was somewhat nervous to take on the project but later realized, “I brought my heart, trusting that there’s enough in me of purity and innocence and genuineness that I couldn’t possibly, excuse the expression, f**k it up.” As for the songs on the set, Carlos worked with Joe Cocker on a version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing,” he collaborated with Chris Cornell on Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” and with Chris Daughtry on Def Leppard’s “Photograph.” On the as-yet-untitled CD, Carlos also covers AC/DC, Deep Purple, the Rolling Stones and many others. It’s due out in September.
CHICKENFOOT ANNOUNCE SECOND LAST SHOW OF 2010
Chickenfoot recently announced that their last show of the year will be in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on September 11th but now, they’ve scheduled a “second final show for 2010.” That gig will be in Indio, California on September 10th. Learn more at Chickenfoot.us.
FLAMENCO + CLASSIC ROCK = NEW CD
Do you like flamenco music and heavy metal? Well if so, there is a new album that is just for you. It’s called Heavy Mellow by the band Flametal and includes some classic rock songs reworked as flamenco music. The disc, which hits shelves on July 6th, boasts flamenco versions of songs by Megadeth, Kiss, the Scorpions, Slayer and many more. Learn more about it at Flametal.com.
CHRIS SQUIRE TO RELEASE ALBUM WITH STEVE HACKETT
Yes’ Chris Squire is currently touring with the band and Peter Frampton, but that’s not all the bassist is up to. He filled us in on another project he’s working on.
(Cut #1) “I’ve just finished an album with Steve Hackett and I’m very, very happy with it. It’s actually one of my greatest achievements I think. The best achievements, I’ve always found, are always when you’re working with someone else and of course when it’s with someone new, I guess it’s like a new relationship, so we really have made this work and we’ve just finished it so that’s going to be showing up in the next few months.”
Working with Hackett, who was Genesis’ guitarist in the ‘70s, is new for Chris. Turns out the two didn’t even meet for the first time until three years ago when Steve helped out on Chris’ Christmas album. They’ve since gotten to know each other and Chris told us more about their joint album.
(Cut #2) “The amazing thing is that Steve and I just work together so well and so naturally and we sing together really well and the combination of our talent is really something that doesn’t happen often so we’re both really pleased with the outcome of the record.”
The guys plan to release the record under the creative band name Squakett. Now, they’re deciding if the effort will be self-titled or not and what the artwork for it will look like. Expect to see the CD on shelves soon.
MARKY RAMONE SUES FOR ROYALTIES
Longtime Ramones drummer Marky Ramone thinks he isn’t getting his fair share of the band’s royalties and now he’s suing the folks responsible. According to NME.com, the rocker filed suit this week, claiming that the people in charge of distributing royalties scammed him in a 2005 contract and have been pocketing cuts of his money since. He’s seeking the 175-thousand dollars he feels he’s owed in back pay from royalties plus over one-million dollars in punitive damages.
PETER GABRIEL DOES TOM WAITS
Peter Gabriel has recorded a cover of the Tom Waits song “In The Neighborhood” and it’s all for a good cause. The singer did his version of the track as part of The Voice Project, a music based initiative that’s raising awareness and support for the war torn region of Central East Africa. You can see video of Gabriel singing and learn more about the organization at VoiceProject.org
GET MORE INFO ON THE SABBATH CLASSIC ALBUMS DVD
Later this month, Eagle Vision will release the Classic Albums DVD of Black Sabbath’s second record, Paranoid. The disc will give a first hand account of the making of the effort and boasts over 97 minutes of footage including interviews with original engineers, archive videos and multi-track tapes. You can now get an e-card for the release and learn more about it at EagleRockEnt.com.
• DIRECT LINK:
http://www.eaglerockent.com/ecards/BlackSabbath-CA/index.htm
HAGAR WRITING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sammy Hagar is working on an autobiography. The former Van Halen and current Chickenfoot singer told the Atlantic City Weekly that the book will be called Sammy Hagar Red and when fans read about his family background, they’ll be shocked he got to where he did. Hagar gets personal, revealing his dad died in the back of a police car, drunk, leaving his mom to raise him and his three siblings. No word yet on when the book is due out but in the meantime, Sammy and his band, The Wabos, will open 11 of Aerosmith’s upcoming shows, starting on July 23rd in Oakland.
DAVE STEWART’S BOOK ON BUSINESS AND CREATIVITY
Dave Stewart has written a book about mixing business with creativity. It’s called The Business Playground: Where Creativity and Commerce Collide and in it, the Eurhythmics member shows business-minded people how to rediscover their creativity. Using stories and case studies, Stewart illustrates the importance of creative thinking, and then using puzzles and games, the rocker gets readers to be more creative. The book is due out next month.
McCARTNEY TO SCORE A BALLET
Paul McCartney has been asked to write the music for a ballet. While details are scarce, Sir Paul told the BBC he’s “interested in doing things [he] hasn’t done before” so when he got the offer he jumped on it. Even he doesn’t know much about the job, he is excited that “it’s a switch.” No word yet on which ballet company hired the Beatle.
• McCartney has previously written the soundtrack for a film (1967’s The Family Way), composed four classical music releases and dabbled in electronica as The Fireman.
LENNON’S LYRICS SELL FOR MILLIONS
John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to The Beatles classic “A Day in the Life” sold at auction for 1.2-million dollars this week. Experts expected the lyrics to sell for 600-thousand bucks but three buyers vying for the memorabilia caused the price to go up. An unidentified American who phoned in his bid won the item, which just missed being the highest-priced Beatles lyric sheet ever. According to Billboard, that honor is held by the hand-penned lyrics to “All You Need is Love,” which sold in 2005 for 1.25-million dollars.
MELLENCAMP TO PLAY SHOWS WITH DYLAN
John Mellencamp has announced a series of dates he’ll perform with Bob Dylan. The “Pink Houses” singer will open for Dylan in mid-August at shows in Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Las Vegas and in Ontario, Canada. More dates are expected to be announced soon. To learn more or to get tickets, head to BobDylan.com.
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STONES IN EXILE DVD: "1/3 Great, 1/3 Huh?, 1/3 Where?"
The much anticipated Stones In Exile DVD starts out well. Very well indeed. We see and hear the Rolling Stones recording and discussing Exile On Main Street. Footage from 1971 that for the most part had been forgotten in a storage vault for nearly 40 years is incredible. But almost immediately you have to wonder where the fact checker was. Current Stones co-producer Don Was compares Exile to Apocalypse Now "...which was being filmed at the same time..." Excuse me? Ya mean over half a decade later don't ya Don?
Then there's the criminal omissions. Although now deceased Exile producer Jimmy Miller is heard via old interviews he is not discussed by Mick, Keith or Charlie nor is Nicky Hopkins or Ian Stewart or any of the Los Angeles musicians who overdubbed during the third phase of recording and mixing. What we do get is interviews with and comments by, dig this, Sheryl Crow and Liz Phair and a few other totally irrelevant people. Only Don Was and Jack White have anything of interest to add in the main body or bonus section interviews. Interviews that go on and on and on. Crow and Phair are on screen for at least 10 minutes each!!
Where was the interview with still living and breathing Exile engineers Andy Johns &/or Glyn Johns? Where was a conversation, save for a few minutes by Was, about the 10 newly released outtakes? Where are interviews with some of the Stones' contemporaries talking about the impact of Exile On Main Street? Where's the explanation why the terrific outtake of All Down The Line is only on the Japanese edition of the just released expanded Exile set? Where's the song Exile On Main Street Blues which is in the DVD but not on Exile 2010? etc.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Paul Mills
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Thanks to Kevin Walsh....
Another (Industry) Titan Falls
Marty Ostrow R.I.P. ROCK IN PERPETUITY!
http://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/marty-ostrow-r-i-p-rock-in-perpetuity/
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Time comes back around for Lester Chambers
Joel Selvin, SF Chronicle Senior Pop Music Correspondent
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Musicians rally to help ailing rocker Lester Chambers
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Johnny Mathis croons Yom Kippur songs, Temptations groove out on “Fiddler on the Roof”. . .
INTERPLAY OF JEWISH CULTURE AND BLACK MUSIC CHRONICLED ON BLACK SABBATH: THE SECRET MUSICAL HISTORY OF BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS
CD compilation with deluxe booklet to be released by the Idelsohn Society on September 14; features Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Scott, Cannonball Adderly, Nina Simone, the Temptations and more
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Black Sabbath: The Secret History of Black-Jewish Relations is the first CD compilation to showcase legendary African-American artists covering Jewish songs. Focusing on the 1930s through the 1960s, it uses popular music to shed light on the historical, political, spiritual, economic, and cultural connections between African Americans and Jewish Americans. Featuring Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, and many others, Black Sabbath explores the myriad ways that Jews and African-Americans have coalesced and clashed, struggled against each other and struggled alongside each other. This is the soundtrack to a rarely told American story. The CD, produced by the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation <http://www.idelsohnsociety.com>, is set for September 14, 2010 release.
This is the first attempt to gather the U.S. history of Black–Jewish relations into a selective pop musical guide. The relationship between African Americans and Jewish Americans has long been a reliable subject of rigorous attention. Books and articles focusing on the musical landscapes shared by Blacks and Jews have been equally numerous, indeed most general histories of American Popular Music even turn on the synergies of Black-Jewish creativity, influence, and exchange, be it African-American spirituals, Tin Pan Alley, Klezmer, the Yiddish theater, jazz or R&B.
Yet for all this attention there has yet to be a one-stop musical source of evidence and exploration, a single CD release that succinctly and selectively gathers together some of the key songs that speak to the vibrant and often dazzling musical back-and-forth between the two communities. The Black Sabbath collection samples a century’s worth of extraordinary and fascinating musical performance that finds African-Americans performing Jewish music and appealing to Jewish audiences.
After hearing the compilation, legendary jazz singer Jimmy Scott, whose version of “Exodus” is featured, had this to say: “"A wonderful musical composition by our Isrealite brotherhood. Well done and all that jazz!"
The CD moves from early black performers like Slim Galliard singing about bagels gefilte fish, and pickled herring (in a self-penned song) and Cab Calloway mixing Yiddish into his hepcat dictionary of jive to Billie Holiday singing “My Yiddishe Momme” and Aretha Franklin doing a ’60s take on the early blackface hit for Al Jolson, “Swanee.” Indeed, while much scholarly and media ink has been devoted to the Jewish attraction to Black music, this anthology — while surely demonstrating that — focuses instead on the long history of African-American interest in Jewish musical practice, performance, and composition.
The Idelsohn Society was so inspired and astonished by the Johnny Mathis version of “Kol Nidre” that they tracked the crooner down and interviewed him about his motivations for recording one of the most beautiful and sacred pieces of the Jewish canon.
“When I was growing up in San Francisco as a teenager, I would visit temple with some of my Jewish friends and I loved to listen to the cantors,” says Johnny Mathis, whose version of “Kol Nidre” is featured on the compilation. “They helped me learn these songs long before I recorded them.” Paul Robeson, no stranger to either repertoire, put it this way: “If it had been true that the Jewish people, like so many other national groups for whom I have sung, have warmly understood the loved songs of my people, it has also been true that Negro audiences have been moved by the songs of the Jewish people.”
About the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation
The Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation is a critically acclaimed all-volunteer non-profit organization. They are a small but dedicated team from the music industry and academia who passionately believe Jewish history is best told by the music we have loved and lost. In order to incite a new conversation about the present, we must begin by listening anew to the past.
They do this in a number of ways:
• Re-releasing lost classics like Mazeltov Mis Amigos, and compilations like Jewface
• Filming the story of every veteran Jewish musician they can find across the country to build a digitally-based archive of the music and the artists who created it in order to preserve their legacy for future generations
• Curating innovative museum exhibits that showcase the stories behind the music, like “Jews on Vinyl,” which is currently travelling the nation
• Creating concert showcases like “Mazeltov Mis Amigos” at Lincoln Center and, coming this August, the “Jews on Vinyl Revue” at the Skirball Cultural Center
All of this work is driven by the passion and energies of volunteer supporters and donors across the country who share the belief that music creates conversations otherwise impossible in daily life. Our work has lifted the past into the present, from the pages of the New York Times, to the NPR airwaves, to the stage of Lincoln Center. You can join the Idelsohn Society in their mission by visiting them at
http://www.idelsohnsociety.com
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RAUL MALO’S ‘SINNERS & SAINTS’ ALBUM, DUE SEPTEMBER 28, IS BLESSED WITH TEX-MEX RHYTHMS AND LATIN SOUL
New album for Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group recorded in Nashville and Austin; guests include Augie Meyers, Shawn Sahm, Michael Guerra and The Trishas
AUSTIN, Texas — Self-produced in his home studio, Sinners & Saints is the most intimate, honest and complex album Raul Malo has made in an already distinguished career. One hears in it a lifetime’s journey, from the singer-songwriter’s youth in Cuban neighborhoods of Miami through his years as one of the most intriguing talents in the Americana scene. The album is set for September 28, 2010 release on Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group. Sinners & Saints follows 2009’s critically acclaimed album Lucky One, Malo’s Fantasy debut.
Rooted in Malo’s lifelong connection to Latin music but infused with his wide-ranging love of country, blues, jazz and vintage rock ’n’ roll, Sinners & Saints combines sonic ingenuity with emotional sincerity.
Entertainment Weekly stated, “Malo is one of those rare singers who transcend the mundane with the sheer operatic sweep of his marvelous instrument. He’s among the last of a breed: a country stylist with finesse and brawn in equal measure, turning his laments into bittersweet valentines.”
In a departure from his past albums, Malo took his tracks from his home studio in Nashville to Austin, where an incredible musical cross-pollination took place. Malo has spent much time playing in Texas with the Lone Star State’s wealth of legendary musicians. He entered longtime friend Ray Benson’s Bismeaux Studios and finished the album with the help of Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornado veteran Augie Meyers on the Vox Continental organ and, on the song “Superstar,” guitarist Shawn Sahm, Sir Douglas’ son. The Trishas (Savannah Welch, Kelley Mickwee, Liz Foster and Jamie Wilson) provided background vocals. And hotshot accordionist Michael Guerra, known for his work with the Tex-Mex Experience, lent further Tejas authenticity to the sound.
The title track opens the record, setting the album’s tone thematically and musically. From his boyhood and through his years of coming of age in Miami, Malo spent many nights in neighborhood music rooms listening to local artists perform their Flamenco zarzuelas. Malo wrote “Sinners & Saints” by conjuring up those nights in his head, and playing his electric guitar with a cross between Flamenco melodicism and retro surf-twang. “It has no chorus, no repeatable line,” he says, “And it’s long. Purposefully long.”
The second track, “Living for Today,” ventures into socio-political territory against an upbeat sound that includes chiming guitars, Meyers’ Vox organ and the Trishas’ backing vocals. In a musical space that includes the biting observations of Rodney Crowell, James McMurtry or Todd Snider, this song is a welcome addition. Speaking of Crowell, Malo provides a heart-felt reading of his modern-day standard “Til I Gain Control Again.”
The disc’s other songs are also full of special moments. In Austin Malo recorded an original song called “Superstar” with several pals from the Texas Tornados. That and several other tracks feature Guerra’s blazing Tex-Mex accordion, as in “San Antonio Baby.” In a more serious vein, Malo delivers the classic Spanish song “Sombras” in the stunning tenor voice that made him famous. He also offers an innovative cover of Los Lobos’ “Saint Behind the Glass,” whose rich mix of percussion, guitars and Mexican instruments will leave audiophiles deeply absorbed. The cryptic lyrics offer an unexpected finale to the album.
Raul Malo has seen and done a great deal in his career but Sinners & Saints demonstrates there is much more inside him. “This is the hardest I’ve ever worked on an album,” he says with a mixture of relief and pride. That includes the physical labor of confronting the studio alone day after day as well as the emotional courage to challenge his listeners and speak his mind. “This really is about me and my point of view. I realized that after I’d done it. It reflects really how I feel about a lot of things. That’s why this is as much of me as I’ve ever put on a record.”
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STAN RIDGWAY’S NEW ALBUM ‘NEON MIRAGE,’ INFORMED BY LOSS AND LIGHT, IS ARTIST’S MOST ECLECTIC AND REVEALING
Former Wall of Voodoo frontman is flanked by Dave Alvin, Pietra Wexstun, Ralph Carney, Rick King and the late Amy Farris
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — “You never really have a choice about the tone and subject matter of the records you make,” confides veteran L.A. singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway about his new album, Neon Mirage. “At least I don’t. They’re obsessions, really. Things happen, good and bad. And for most people, the passing of a parent or a close friend has an impact. It’s really about the music, and how it heals the mind. The records I grew up with still inform me, and the best were like an inner journey — mixing up blues, jazz, pop and country to make something fresh and, in the end, positive. But you can't ignore the darker side of things, either.”
Stan Ridgway’s Neon Mirage, due for August 24, 2010 release, is arguably the most emotionally revealing, musically far-ranging — dare we say mature? — album of the L.A. singer-songwriter’s accomplished career. Yet it’s also a project whose troubled circumstances might tempt Stan to paraphrase John Lennon’s familiar wisdom: Life is what happens when you’re busy making another album.
Indeed, in many ways Neon Mirage can’t help but feel like an elegy to the colleague and family Stan lost in the midst of writing and recording its dozen, typically eclectic songs: gifted Texas-born violinist/session player Amy Farris; a beloved uncle; and the man who helped forge the very foundations of Ridgway’s unique outlook on life and music, his own father. “Events like that can’t help but have an impact on the music you’re making at the time,” Stan admits. "You’d be lying to yourself — and your listeners — if you thought otherwise.”
Ridgway quickly sets the album’s tone with a warm, accomplished recasting of “Big Green Tree” from Black Diamond (his forceful 1996 debut as an independent) produced by Dave Alvin. The L.A. roots rock legend reinvents it here in a gentler, more hopeful ethos around Ridgway and his longtime keyboardist/collaborator Pietra Wexstun, with Brett Simmons on upright bass and Amy Farris, then a member of Alvin’s own Guilty Women ensemble, on violin. Alvin had heard Stan perform the song solo at a special show for mutual friend and fellow songwriting legend Peter Case, and early sessions also yielded Neon Mirage’s memorable, Alvin-produced cover of Bob Dylan’s elegy to his own fallen hero, “Lenny Bruce.”
It’s an album in which Ridgway’s familiar wise-guy wit and cinematic lyricism are further tempered by an ever-inquisitive mindset that ranges from the haunting, candid introspection of “Behind the Mask” to an effusive, wistful tribute to lost friends and the Nashville of record producer Owen Bradley, “Wandering Star.” Elsewhere, Neon Miragecenters around more impressionistic takes on the toll patriotism extracts from its warriors (“Flag Up On a Pole”), the reality of being closer to the end of life’s rich pageant than its beginning (“Halfway There”) and the human propensity for myopia in the face of looming catastrophe (“Turn a Blind a Eye”).
Yet, as the foreboding and darkly loping guitar lines of “This Town Called Fate” and the album’s infectious instrumental title track attest, Ridgway’s new songs are also graced by the inventive musicality and unique viewpoint his fans have become well acquainted with since his early days as the driving force behind L.A.’s favorite ’80s experimentalists, Wall of Voodoo. But while the album’s expressive baritone and deft harmonica flourishes are instantly familiar, Stan employs them here on an ever-restless musical odyssey. Ridgway expands an already impressive musical palette via Wexstun’s always intriguing keyboard melodies and textures, the masterful sax, flute and woodwind work of Ralph Carney, the deft acoustic and electric guitar lines of longtime band mate Rick King and the rich symphonic string orchestrations of Amy Farris.
“I've probably confused people with my music, my choices, the albums and the changes in direction from year to year,” Ridgway admits. “But I can't help it. That term ‘eclectic’ fits me perfectly and there are just too many musical styles and songwriters and singers I enjoy to just involve myself in only one type of music. I try to bring all the things I love into the sound. There’s a weird old American jukebox in my head and it still plays everything that’s ever got under my skin.”
Stan is quick to note where his often-mischievous musical curiosity came from: “Your parents’ record collection can be a big influence growing up. Something you thought was corny has a way of hangin’ on if it’s good to begin with. My dad was a big fan of country & western music, comedy records, hi-fi playboy stereo lounge stuff. Hank Williams, Dean Martin, Ernest Tubb, Sinatra, Johnny Cash of course, Allan Sherman, Charlie Rich, Patsy Cline, and Marty Robbins — all of the great originals. I learned to love the singing, the stories, and even when my tastes in music grew far too weird for my dad, we could still come together on those old records we loved and listened to together. The old western myths of heroes and villains and storytelling of Marty Robbins’ Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs was an important one. And I never would have thought of covering ‘Ring of Fire’ with Wall of Voodoo without my dad’s influence in the beginning.”
Ridgway also credits his father with informing much of the wry personal/musical viewpoint that’s always been central to his songwriting. “A sense of humor is important in handling the disappointments in life,” Stan notes. “My father taught me that, too. Along with a strong work ethic. A certain type of ‘black humor’ helps put a light on the darker realities of living and let’s you get above them by making a joke about it. But it wasn’t a cynic’s view, more of a frustrated romantic’s perspective over a developed sarcasm about the way things really are and not how they seem to appear.”
Stan explains: “In the last few years in his 80s, he always knew my mother and all of us right up until the end. But memory could sometimes be sketchy for Dad. Even so, he never lost who he was or his love, loyalty and dedication to family and working hard in life to achieve results. Or the hard won values of his generation and what they’d sacrificed to achieve for a greater good. All the great adventures he’d had, the global travel and work, the grand victories he’d experienced along the way were never lost to him. And he recalled them all in great detail with pride and a singular sense of humor. And us there with him.” Ridgway’s father passed in December 2009.
But while Ridgway had long girded himself for his father’s passing, he admits the suicidal death of brilliant violinist Amy Farris in the midst of Neon Mirage’s sessions felt “abrupt and brutal.” When Amy phoned him to cancel an upcoming appearance with his band because she wasn’t feeling well, Ridgway assured her it was no problem, saying, “‘health is everything.’ But that weekend she took her life,” he recalls sadly. “Possibly even the night we were on stage at McCabe's. Dave (Alvin) called me Monday morning with the news and I felt like I’d been hit by a truck. But mental illness and depression are like any other illness, and Amy struggled from childhood with them.”
Despite the troubled times it was recorded in, Ridgway insists Neon Mirage represents something even more personal than the sum of its songs to him. “It’s as much a journey as a destination,” Stan says of his music. “If I don’t try and create something of my own, I just feel that I'm hangin’ on a corner waiting for someone to tell me what to think and do. It’s a mad society. But the best therapy for me is always creativity and invention. And a dedication to the people and things you love. Most people live their lives upside down and backwards, only jumping in when the consensus says it’s safe. That’s just human nature — who doesn’t want to be safe? But is that really possible?”
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CONCORD MUSIC GROUP SPOTLIGHTS JOHN COLTRANE, THELONIOUS MONK, AND SONNY ROLLINS IN ITS DEFINITIVE SERIES
Two-disc sets capture some of the finest jazz recorded in the 1950s
All three collections to be released on August 24, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Following up on the success of The Definitive Vince Guaraldi, Concord Music Group has assembled three new titles in the Definitive series showcasing some of the most influential figures in modern jazz. The Definitive John Coltrane on Prestige and Riverside; The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside;The Definitive Sonny Rollins on Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary not only put the spotlight on the monumental work of three individual jazz players of the 1950s, but also provide an overview of the hard-bop period, one of the most significant chapters in the evolution of jazz. Each of the 2-CD collections is set for release on August 24, 2010.
• The Definitive John Coltrane on Prestige and Riverside tracks Coltrane’s artistic development from his first Prestige recording session in November 1955 for Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet to his last sessions for Prestige (for Bahia) in December 1958.
Trane’s career was marked by various shifts in style throughout the ’50s and ’60s, “but if you like straight-ahead, yet inventive, hard-bop playing, then this collection of recordings from the mid- to late ’50s is definitely one of the sweet spots,” says Nick Phillips, Concord Music Group’s Vice President of Jazz and Catalog A&R and the producer of the Definitive series. “And yet some of what you hear in these tracks gives hints about what was to come from this restlessly creative artist.”
Extensive liner notes by veteran music journalist and Coltrane biographer Ashley Kahn provide an in-depth look at the tracks and the circumstances surrounding their genesis. “The Definitive John Coltrane offers a best-of culled from these early recordings,” says Kahn, “offering an inspiring listening session that allows for much to be gleaned: Coltrane’s talent at recasting decades-old themes with a modern touch; a penchant for brooding, minor-key melodies; the uncanny rate of his personal development — building on his strengths, articulating a signature sound; an increased ability born in the one-take fire of three-hour recording dates to toss together timeless performances.”
• The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside covers an even broader span of the ’50s, beginning with trio sessions in New York featuring bassist Gary Mapp and drummer Art Blakey in October 1952 and stretching to sextet dates in San Francisco with trumpeter Joe Gordon, tenor saxophonists Harold Land and Charlie Rouse, bassist John Ore and drummer Billy Higgins in April 1960.
“This is some of the most amazing Thelonious Monk on record,” says Phillips. “Whether he’s playing a standard or one of his own compositions, he sounds uniquely like Thelonious Monk and nobody else. All of the tunes in this collection that Monk wrote have become jazz standards. Conversely, he plays standard tunes like ‘Caravan’ and ‘Tea for Two’ with such distinctive genius that you’d swear he had written them himself.”
But Monk was no overnight sensation. He made “a long, slow climb from underground to mainstream adulation, and the ten-year period represented by this collection captures that ascent,” says Kahn in his liner notes. “The one constant — creatively, promotionally, and economically — was his recordings. First for Prestige Records from 1952 to ’54, then for the Riverside label from ’55 to ’61, Monk was afforded the chance to create new music and work with a number of significant jazz peers in a number of contexts — from solo piano, to trios, to quartets, even a big band . . . Most importantly, what Monk composed and recorded during the ’50s amount to the definitive versions of some of the most enduring, joyous melodies in modern jazz.”
• The Definitive Sonny Rollins on Prestige, Riverside and Contemporary comes out a few weeks ahead of Rollins’ 80th birthday on September 7. Like the Thelonious Monk release, the Sonny Rollins set also covers almost an entire decade, from a December 1951 session in New York for Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet to an October 1958 session in Los Angeles for Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders.
“That was such a significant period in the development of jazz in general, and Sonny Rollins was at the heart of all that was going on during that decade,” says Phillips. “Just look at the Miles Davis session where he recorded ‘Airegin,’ ‘Doxy’ and ‘Oleo,’ for example. Those are all tunes that he penned, and all remain indelible jazz standards. That’s a whole lot of jazz history that was made on just a single day in the summer of 1954.”
Liner notes for The Definitive Sonny Rollins are provided by music journalist Bob Blumenthal, co-author with photographer John Abbott of the forthcoming book, Saxophone Colossus: A Portrait of Sonny Rollins.
“That the marks of [Rollins’] genius were fully apparent in the music he made over a half-century ago has been obvious to all who have followed the trajectory of his unprecedented career,” says Blumenthal. “As a contract artist with Prestige Records between 1951 and 1956, and through his work on various labels from 1957 until the beginning of an extended sabbatical two years later, Rollins laid the foundation for his status as a master improviser, saxophonist and composer; an influence far beyond his chosen instrument and idiom; and a living icon of affirmative creativity. Concord Music Group is the steward of many of the finest Rollins performances of the ’50s, and has culled them well in presenting this short course in what made Sonny Rollins Sonny Rollins.”
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PIANO RED’S LOST ATLANTA TAPES TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 17 ON LANDSLIDE RECORDS
LEGENDARY PIANO PLAYER’S LIVE 1984 RECORDINGS INCLUDE EIGHT PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONGS
ATLANTA, GA – Landslide Records announces an August 17 North American release date for The Lost Atlanta Tapes from the legendary Piano Red, with distribution by Select-O-Hits. The album will be released on August 23 in Europe and distributed there by Proper Music and Sonic Rendezvous.
Produced by Bang Bang Lulu Productions, The Lost Atlanta Tapes features 18 songs recorded live at Atlanta's Excelsior Mill in 1984, and represents the iconic entertainer's last known recording. It features some of his best-known classic songs and fan favorites. Eight of the tracks included on the CD are songs that have never been released before on a Piano Red recording.
The release of The Lost Atlanta Tapes will be preceded by a special concert celebrating Piano Red's life and music on Thursday, August 12th, at Smith's Olde Bar, starting at 8:00 PM. The event will feature “The Red Rockers,” a band that includes musicians who played with Piano Red and lifelong devotees such as NRBQ keyboardist Terry Adams, bassist Tommy Dean of The League of Decency, and drummer Charles Wolff, formerly of The Brains, plus other guests, including some original members of Piano Red’s early band, the Interns. A donation from album sales and the proceeds of the show will benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank. More information on the event will be available at www.smithsoldebar.com.
The live tapes have been in the possession of Atlanta-based Michael Reeves, who managed the Excelsior Mill at the time and hosted the artist four nights a week. Reeves, now the co-owner of Smith's Olde Bar and Fox Brothers Bar-B-Q, says he knew he had a valuable recording in hand, but was waiting for the right moment to share it with the world. When the time came, he askedAtlanta writer and producer David Fulmer to join him in the release.
“Over the past years, Michael and I have worked together on some small projects,” Fulmer says. “This one is by far the most significant. Piano Red was a one-of-a-kind blues and R&B artist and I'm glad I get to be a part of this production.”
Fulmer brings more than a decade in communications to managing local media operations for the CD release and event. National and international media is being handled by Mark Pucci Media in Atlanta.
Reeves trusted restoration of the original four-track tape to Mike Graves at Atlanta's Osiris Studios. “We were surprised at the quality of the recording,” Reeves comments. “It sounded like Red was in the room. As soon as I heard it, I knew we had to do something special with it.”
Piano Red was born William Lee Perryman in Hampton, Georgia, in 1911, and moved with his family to Atlanta when he was six years old. Red’s older brother, Rufus Perryman, was also a musician, who performed and recorded as Speckled Red. Though he traveled far and wide, Atlanta remained Piano Red’s home through most of his life. He began playing the piano at an early age and by 1930 was performing blues, rags, and popular songs in dance halls, theatres, juke joints, campgrounds, and traveling shows. During the Depression, he took up the trade of upholstery, but never stopped playing.
His career got a huge boost in the post-War years as his style changed from straight-ahead blues to R&B. During a time when early African-American blues and R&B performers were confined to so-called “race record” or independent labels, Piano Red was signed to a major record label, RCA Victor, which continued to release his records for almost a decade. His popularity soared as he helped usher in rock-and roll with early 1950s hits like “Rockin' with Red” (which reached number five on Billboard’s charts), “Dr. Feelgood,” and his most famous composition, “The Right String (But the Wrong Yo Yo), which has been covered by scores of musicians. He formed a band - Dr. Feelgood and the Interns - and worked R&B circuits all over the country.
Like numerous other artists of the genre, he was more appreciated abroad than at home and toured Europe extensively in the 1960s and 1970s. He secured a nightly gig at Muhlenbrink's Saloon in Underground Atlanta from 1969 to 1979 and grew his base of local fans as well as tourists. Musicians playing large halls like the Omni and the Fox Theatre visited regularly to pay their respects, including members of The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. Later, he opened shows for Keith Richards' band, New Barbarians, and for Peter Tosh.
He began a regular gig at the Excelsior Mill in 1981. In 1983, he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and was presented with the Pioneer Award by the Georgia Music Association for his contributions to the state's musical heritage. He continued to record sporadically and perform around the Southeast and in Europe until his health began to fail. He died at inAtlanta’s DeKalb General Hospital on July 25, 1985.
Atlanta native and Bang Bang Lulu Productions senior producer Michael Reeves co-founded the Mellow Mushroom chain of pizza restaurants in 1974. He went on to co-own and operate thePeanut Palace in McDonough, Georgia, and The Excelsior Mill, The Cotton Club, and The Point, all in Atlanta. Currently, he co-owns Smith's Olde Bar and Fox Brothers Bar-B-Q. As a partner in Nolen-Reeves Music, he has released projects by Atlanta's Kodac Harrison and the band Operator. He has been on the Board of the Georgia Epilepsy Foundation, served as a Commissioner on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission, and has been an active supporter of the Atlanta Community Food Bank for over twenty years.
Co-producer David Fulmer is the author of seven critically-acclaimed music-related novels. He has been nominated for a LA Times Book Prize, a Barry Award, and a Falcon Award, has won aShamus Award, a Benjamin Franklin Award, and an AudioFile Golden Earphone Award. Most recently, The Blue Door was nominated for the 2009 Shamus Award for Best Novel. His seventh novel, The Fall, was released in March by Five Stones Press. He also wrote and produced "Blind Willie's Blues," a documentary about the life and music of Georgia blues legend Blind Willie McTell, and the "Americana" series of vignettes about American music, which aired on NPR affiliate WABE-FM and WMLB-AM, both in Atlanta.
Established by Michael Rothschild in Atlanta in 1981, Landslide Records maintains a catalogue of Southern roots-oriented recordings in genres such as blues, Americana, jazz, jam, and bluegrass. The label has issued releases by a wide variety of notable artists, including Widespread Panic, The Derek Trucks Band, Tinsley Ellis & The Heartfixers, Nappy Brown, Dave Bartholomew, Sean Costello, Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks, Scrapomatic, and Colonel Bruce Hampton. Landslide currently sells to compact disc distributors in the United States and overseas, and its music is available digitally at all major download websites.
Complete Track Listing for Piano Red’s The Lost Atlanta Tapes
• She’s Gone *
• Shake, That’s All Right *
• That’s My Desire
• Let’s Get It On
• C.C Rider *
• Baby, Please Don’t Go *
• Cotton Fields *
• Corinna, Corinna
• Blues and Trouble *
• Right String (But the Wrong Yo Yo)
• Let’s Have a Good Time Tonight
• St. Louis Blues *
• My Baby’s Gone *
• Ain’t Gonna Be Your Lowdown Dog No More
• Pay It No Mind
• Doctor Feelgood
• Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
• Rockin’ with Red
* Previously Unreleased Songs
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The trivia question from the last MusicWire was:
He wrote the melody of this song in 1961. The song came to fruition five years later and cost $50,000 to produce.
Name this song and the artist who wrote it to win.
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ANSWER: GOOD VIBRATIONS
Brian Wilson's Beach Boys masterpiece released in 1966.
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the winners are... (in order of appearance)
Bob Sarles
Terry Hansen
Stan Denski
Hammond Guthrie
Todd Everett
Butch Moncla
Tim Bernett
Bruce Ede
David Schneider
Derk Richardson
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Good Vibrations by Brian Wilson.
Bob Sarles/Ravin' Films
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Hi
Lets guess at McArthur Park by Jim Webb.
Cheers
Baz from Geordieland (uk)
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David, How about Mr. Brian Wilson's Good Vibrations (with words from Mike Love?), since the lead article seemed to prime me for this one.
- Terry Hansen
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I'll hazzard a guess and say BRIAN WILSON and "Good Vibrations" since the year and the 50k are right. Wish me luck.
Stan Denski
http://thesethingstoo.blogspot.com/
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Dave
You will have too many winners on this one!
Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations
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Hammond Guthrie
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Don't know that Brian wrote the melody that early, but I remember that "Good Vibrations" supposedly cost $50k to produce.
Todd Everett
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Hi there David,
Regarding today’s trivia question, with a 50 grand price tag and years to produce I have to think the Beach Boys “Good vibrations” is the answer to question. Brian and I think Carl wrote the song, but took Brian forever to get it perfect.
By the way I was at the 1973 last Bread concert in Salt Lake City, I had forgotten about it. Obviously not as exciting as watching the Supreme Court arguments, but fun none the less.
Best regards,
Butch Moncla
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This sounds like Good Vibrations.
Tim Bernett
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Brian Wilson "Good Vibrations"
Bruce Ede
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Brian Wilson's "Good Vibrations"?
David Schneider
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I think it would have to be "Good Vibrations" (Brian Wilson). I can't think of another 1966 single that could have cost that much.
Derk Richardson
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Name this seminal band to win or at least the two main members that went on to achieve greater success.
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - JULY 2
In 1962…Country icon Jim Reeves participated in his last recording session.
In 1969…Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell quit the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
In 1973…Brian Eno announced he was leaving Roxy Music after a fight with singer Bryan Ferry.
In 1976…Brian Wilson rejoined The Beach Boys for the first time on stage since his self-imposed “bed imprisonment.”
In 1980…Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead were arrested with their manager, Danny Rifken, on suspicion of inciting a riot. They were alleged to have interfered with a drug-related arrest during a concert at the San Diego Sports Arena.
In 1981…Bruce Springsteen played his first show at New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Arena. He sold out six gigs at the venue in the space of an hour.
In 1981…Foreigner released their album 4.
In 1982…Clash drummer Topper Headon was charged with stealing a bus stop sign.
In 1986…Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead performed together at a show in Akron, Ohio. Dylan joined The Dead on three songs.
In 1987…Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones emerged from retirement to begin producing The Mission’s Children.
In 1988…With Bad’s “Dirty Diana” topping the singles chart, Michael Jackson became the first artist to spawn five number one singles from an album.
In 1991…An audience at a St. Louis Guns N’ Roses concert rioted after Axl Rose leaped from the stage to stop someone in the audience from taking photographs of the band. There was a scuffle followed by the group leaving the stage and the audience trashing their equipment. G-N-R cancelled the following two dates.
In 1992…Mick Jagger became a grandfather when his daughter, Jade, gave birth to a baby girl.
In 1995…Grateful Dead fans rioted outside a Noblesville, Indiana, concert. 17 arrests were made after gates were torn down and rocks thrown.
In 1997…After he was awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize, Bruce Springsteen gave the cash to a Swedish school program that kept teenagers off the streets.
In 2000…Pete Townshend announced via his Web site that he contacted Eddie Vedder after he learned about the deaths of nine people during a Pearl Jam performance at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. In 1979, 11 people were killed before a Who concert in Cincinnati.
In 2002…Bruce Springsteen donated 50-thousand dollars to pay for repairs at several playgrounds in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
In 2003…Great White were forced to cancel their tour to benefit the victims of the Rhode Island club fire because of money troubles and insurance issues.
In 2003…In Billboard, The Who’s Pete Townshend dismissed those who passed judgment on him after his arrest for on charges of having child pornography, and instead, said he cared about its effect on “friends, fans, family and strangers who feel they know me through my work.”
In 2003…After various delays, Lollapalooza kicked off again, with headliners Jane’s Addiction and a line-up that included Incubus, hip-hop act Jurassic Five and Audioslave.
In 2005…Live 8 concerts were held in locations from London to Philadelphia to Tokyo to raise awareness of African poverty. Among the performers were Madonna, Green Day, Paul McCartney, U2, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, a reunited Pink Floyd with Roger Waters, Stevie Wonder, Bjork, Jet, Simple Plan, Neil Young, Maroon 5, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure and Shakira.
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ON JULY 3RD…
In 1965…Singing cowboy Roy Rogers mourned the death of his horse Trigger. The animal was stuffed and put in the Roy Rogers Museum.
In 1967…John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney turned up at a party thrown in The Monkees’ honor in London.
In 1969…Brian Jones was found dead in his swimming pool. The Rolling Stones guitarist’s death was later ruled to be an accident.
In 1969…John Lennon held a press conference to announce the release of “Give Peace a Chance,” but didn’t show up as he and Yoko were recovering from a car crash in Scotland. Ringo Starr filled in instead.
In 1969…Some 78-thousand people showed up for the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island with headliners James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
In 1970…The Atlanta Pop Festival kicked off, featuring headliners Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers Band and Jethro Tull.
In 1971…Jim Morrison died of a heart attack in his Paris hotel room. He was in the bath at the time. Fans wouldn’t learn of his passing until six days after it happened, by which time he was quietly buried in the Pére Lachaise cemetery.
In 1973…As The Ziggy Stardust Tour came to a close at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, David Bowie announced, “This night will always be special in my memory. Not only is it the last show of my British tour … it is the last show I will ever do.” He finished with “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide.”
In 1975…Bob Dylan joined Ramblin’ Jack Elliott on stage at his show in Greenwich Village’s Other End.
In 1981…Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman released the single “(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star” on his own label. It went to number one in Europe, and Wyman became the Stone with the most successful solo career.
In 1981…Robbie Kreiger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore led fans in a graveside memorial for Jim Morrison in Paris – ten years to the day of the singer’s death.
In 1995…The Grateful Dead cancelled a second concert in Indianapolis, Indiana after fans rioted the night before.
In 1998…Bob Dylan played the 1000th show on the so-called Neverending Tour at the 32nd Annual Montreux Jazz Festival.
In 2002…Ozzy Osbourne postponed the first two dates of Ozzfest as Sharon Osbourne underwent surgery for cancer.
In 2002…Elton John was awarded a doctorate from London’s Royal Academy of Music, the school he dropped out of in the early ‘60s.
In 2003…The White Stripes’ Jack White announced he was producing tracks for country legend Loretta Lynn. The resulting album would go on to win a GRAMMY.
In 2006…Lil’ Kim was released from jail where she was serving time for perjury.
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ON JULY 4TH…
In 1962…Chris Blackwell started up Island Records, which became the home of Bob Marley and U2, among others.
In 1969…Grand Funk Railroad played the Atlanta Pop Festival, which was held in Hampton, Georgia. A&R reps from Capitol Records liked what they saw and signed the band.
In 1972…Willie Nelson held his first annual July 4th picnic in Dripping Springs, Texas.
In 1976…Elton John and Kiki Dee released their number one duet “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”
In 1977…Nigel Harrison stepped into Gary Valentine’s boots as Blondie’s bassist.
In 1980…The Beach Boys gave a free concert in Miami to celebrate Independence Day; it attracted 500-thousand people.
In 1982…In a year which saw him bite the head off a bat and watch his guitarist Randy Rhoads die in a plane crash, metal madman Ozzy Osbourne married his manager Sharon Arden.
In 1983…The Beach Boys were banned by Interior Secretary James Watt from playing on Washington, D.C.’s Mall because, he said, the music attracted a “bad element.”
In 1984…Ringo Starr joined The Beach Boys at their free July 4th concert in Miami.
In 1984…Cult singer/songwriter Jimmie Spheeris died after being struck by a drunk driver.
In 1985…The Beach Boys finally held their July 4th bash in Washington, D.C., where they were joined by Jimmy Page.
In 1986…Farm Aid II in Austin, Texas featured appearances by Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys and Julio Iglesias. The concert raised 1.3-million dollars for depressed farmers.
In 1987…Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead kicked off a short tour together in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Dead encouraged Dylan to reach deep into his back catalog and adopt the practice of not deciding on a set list before going onstage.
In 1987…Keith Richards finished the mixing for the Chuck Berry documentary Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll.
In 1987…In the Soviet Union, The Doobie Brothers, Santana and Bonnie Raitt played the July 4th Disarmament Festival.
In 1990…2 Live Crew released their “Banned in the U.S.A.” single. Bruce Springsteen approved the use of his “Born in the U.S.A.” sample.
In 1992…The Mamas & The Papas’ Papa John Phillips had a liver transplant in Los Angeles.
In 1995…The Ramones released Adios Amigos.
In 1999…Outside of Dublin, Ireland, Victoria “Posh Spice” Adams married British soccer player David “Becks” Beckham in a ceremony so expensive that some of the guests decided to steal their silverware.
In 2000…A man died after plunging 80 feet from the top of Raven Stadium in Baltimore shortly before a Metallica concert.
In 2002…The remaining members of The Doors said they would reform with singer Ian Astbury of The Cult for a tour.
In 2002…Michael Abram, the schizophrenic who stabbed the late George Harrison, was released from psychiatric hospital in Liverpool. Harrison’s family said the decision was “upsetting and insulting.”
In 2002…Mariah Carey’s father, Alfred, died of cancer.
In 2003…Metallica, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, The Deftones and Mudvayne kicked off the Summer Sanitarium tour in Pontiac, Michigan.
In 2003…Barry White died of kidney failure. He was 58.
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VIDEO CLIPS OF THE WEEK
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Elvis Presley - 1st TV performance
Shake, Rattle And Roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-_6BUtyWK4&feature=related
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Thanks to Mike Hart for a slew of videos to follow......
Elizabeth Cotten performs "Freight Train"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UWLBHL9wI&feature=related
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1895-1987) built her musical legacy on a firm foundation of late 19th- and early 20th-century African-American instrumental traditions and fine musicianship. She strung her guitar upside down, the bass notes to the bottom. This meant she would thumb the treble strings while finger-picking the bass notes, creating an almost inimitable sound. Her method was so influential it became known as the "Cotten style."
Watch this unique style in a performance of "Freight Train," her best-known song, edited from film taken by Pete and Toshi Seeger at the Seeger family home in 1957.
Bob Dylan sings Elizabeth Cotten ("Shake Sugaree" live 1996, Atlanta GA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur1X52ILGhI&feature=related
"Shake Sugaree" live 1996, Atlanta GA
Betty LaVette_Salt Of The Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPE_3zIAzv0
Mick & Keith - Miss You, 9/11 Moments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW8HfVYk2fU&feature=related
Mick & Keith with Paul Schaffer's band at a concert in NYC for 911 victims
LIGHTNIN HOPKINS " GOIN DOWN SLOW"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQQ4YTL1P1A&feature=related
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikxLNaAYu5k&feature=related
T-BONE WALKER ; Hey Baby '65
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrGwMKPTYk&feature=related
Freddie King on The Beat in 1966, performing Tore Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHKcbyJntyM&feature=related
Holy Modal Rounders on Laugh In from 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkjJs5gKtFs
"You've Got The Right String Baby, But The Wrong Yo yo".
(with Sam Shephard on drums)
Richie Havens "License To Kill"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JltNLkh03ME
Chuck Berry - C'est la vie (1972) Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZNHK7yMtdw
priceless!
The Beatles With Dusty Springfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S20yQaGSNQ&feature=related
"Twist and Shout" & "She Loves You"
The Larks - Danny Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le_aVQTAKyY&feature=related
1954 at the Apollo Theater
Gene Mumford
Orville Brooks
David "Boots" Bowers
Isaiah Bing
Pianist Glenn Burgess
ELVIS PRESLEY - Steve Allen Show, 1956 "Range Roundup" number
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBSXRd-QcVQ&feature=related
Do you recognize the young guy in black suit on the right side ? it's Elvis himself in one of his very first TV appearances. Extremely rare clip from Steve Allen Show, 1956 "Range Roundup" number.
Elvis: "Unchained Melody" - last concert tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Dpm5ZoCbE
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"Mick needs to know what he's going to do tomorrow. Me, I'm just happy to wake up and see who's hanging around. Mick's rock, I'm roll." -Keith Richards
"I don't know anything about music, In my line you don't have to." - Elvis Presley
"I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob." - Bo Diddley
"The only Maybelline I knew was the name of a cow." - Chuck Berry
"A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B." - Fats Domino
"It's not the size of the ship; it's the size of the waves." - Little Richard
"Hippies? Why, I'm the original." - Jerry Lee Lewis
"The older I get, the harder to get around....gravity's got me down." - Barry Goldberg
“I'm one of those regular weird people.” - Janis Joplin
"There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another." - Frank Zappa
"I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart." - Waylon Jennings
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
"Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about -- filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows." - Jimi Hendrix
"I taught them everything they know, but not everything I know." - James Brown
"David Gross (Punmaster's MusicWire) is the Arianna Huffington of music news!" - Barry "The Fish" Melton
"The older you get, the better you were!" - Leslie West
"It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ..." - Jerry Garcia
"Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues" - B.B. King
"More bass." - Jerry Wexler
"I'm as country as a dozen eggs." - Elvin Bishop
"I liked the first sixties better...." - Al Kooper
"I still have all my vinyl. You can’t roll a joint on an iPod.” - Shelby Lynne
"I think I just killed somebody." - Phil Spector
"The problem with history is, the folks who were there ain't talking. And the ones who weren't there, you can't shut 'em up." - Tom Waits
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
"I want my more money & I want my more fame" - Chubby Checker
"When you don't know where you're going, you have to stick together just in case someone gets there." - Ken Kesey
"I smash guitars because I like them." - Pete Townshend
"It's a good thing I had a bag of marijuana instead of a bag of spinach. I'd be dead by now." - Willie Nelson
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk in order to provide articles for people who can't read." - Frank Zappa
"You can learn something, both good or bad, watching any guitar player. You learn what to do or what not to do. Over the years I've learned things from Carlos, Mike Bloomfield, Clapton, George, Garcia, Knopfler and let's not forget Robbie Robertson." - Bob Dylan, 2002
"There 'is' a difference between rock and rock and roll; beware of inferior imitations (avoid contact with any musician who doesn't know how to play Chuck Berry music)." - Cub Koda
"This heah is Rufus Thomas....I'm young and loose and full of juice. I got the goose, so what's the use." - Rufus Thomas
"Mike Love, not war." - Scott Mathews
"I have outlived my dick" - Willie Nelson (2008)
"Anybody with a trade can work as long as they want. A welder, a carpenter, an electrician. They don't necessarily need to retire...Every man should learn a trade. It's different than a job. My music wasn't made to take me from one place to another so I can retire early." -Bob Dylan
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